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Completed and mounted. Cannon alternates top/bottom lights. Happy to answer any questions or take different pictures if asked.

Or it might not, because limit 20 seems to be the new standard. But please guys, let's keep this thread limited to updates on retirements, rather than speculation. There are other threads for that.

21024 Louvre at EU SAH. 10249 WTS at EU SAH.

Well in Mexico this weekend was the Mexican version of Black Friday, it is called Good Weekend ("Buen Fin" in Spanish). It was established about 5 years and it is getting better each year.... people are caching up to the hype of a sales weekend and the business are competing more aggressively to capture the sales.... I got 4 Ideas Doctor Who 21304, I got them for $750 Pesos each, that is about $40 USD Each tax included.... also I found IDEAS Wall-E's 21303 at 56 USD tax included, but passed on those I have plenty, these were at a toy Store that carries Ideas sets, and obviously most people that love Lego in Mexico do not know. Also I bought 3 SW Slave 1 UCS 75060 at another store that had them at $150 USD each Tax included, not bad for a set that is not on sale pretty often. and also I got a POTC Silent Mary 71042 for $140 USD tax included... Not bad for picking them up at the stores and choosing mint boxes...

When we hit January 1, I'll restart this thread with those "rules" in place. And we'll keep it clean so it's just the set and the retirement date (and the region), along with a screenshot. Otherwise, the post will be deleted. I will even sticky it to the top of the forum. Carry on until then.

2x Sears $50 gift cards for $85 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263326280491

NK and AB for you

Black Pearl and Queen Anne's Revenge. Paid a total of about £240, including Bricklink costs for completing them.

I'll pass on all of those, except that Temple. I really like that Temple.

Just some inside info I've got today. (I don't know if this is the right thread for that but let's try) Some of them are rather disappointing. 1. No More Millennium Falcons Delivery until end of the year in UK and probably rest of the Brand Stores across the Europe. The last delivery scheduled for Q4 (few boxes per store) was delivered to majority of the stores last week and yesterday, already gone in most of the brand stores (London is gone). If you are from other regions of UK call your local (or nearest) store to check the status to make sure whether they have it in stock or not. NO RESERVATION LISTS ALLOWED. 2. There will be NO Designer Launch Day for Taj Mahal, just a regular ordinary one without the presence of the Designer Team. 3. Christmas Toy Shop are gone from most of the stores without further delivery scheduled pick up one before it's too late! It's already retired and won't be back for sure. 4. THERE WILL BE NO (UNSCHEDULED) 3X VIP EVENT IN DECEMBER. TLG is already satisfied with the current state of sales in 85% of the stors, they don't have overstock so sadly no 3x VIP to boost sales this year. confirmed for those who are anxious about Black VIP cards, those will be issued as well in 2018 if you will call with such request CS. (at least in January) now I realized I forgot to ask about the legitimacy of the Diner (new Modular) set. ehh... next time.

Not really sure how they will perform in the long term, but too hard to pass up for $1.00. I was able to pick up 5 with in store pickup

My favorite premise is one I only recently became aware of. Apparently there were two characters in comics named Tag & Bink, and the idea was that they Forest Gumped their way around major events in the SW Universe. Ron Howard recently tweeted that he has put them as background characters in his new Solo movie as an uber nerd homage, and essentially making them cannon. Apparently one of their comedic / historic events was one of them hiding in Boba Fett's armor at the battle at the sarlac pit which explains how Boba would be so easily and stupidly defeated. Heck when he landed on the skiff it was like he didn't know where his wrist rockets were. He lands, fumbles around for a moment and then decides to try to trap a Jedi Knight with,,,,,,,,,a string? Why not the rockets? Why not the flame thrower? Maybe because he had never used them before? Totally silly of course, but neat.

Probably based on a pretty famous sculpt used on several collectibles. There was a book series called "The Bounty Hunter Wars" which describes his escape from the Sarlacc Pit and his adventures after. I was never a fan of the whole premise.

I can exclusively reveal it is a corner building.

Full size images at Hoth. New Vader is gonna kill demand for old Vader.

20% off Lego at Walgreens. Which is about RRP, but sometimes you can get lucky =)

LEGO SPEED CHAMPIONS: showing as retired on Czech e-shop (probably the same in Germany, France etc.): 75872 Audi R18 e-tron quattro 75873 Audi R8 LMS ultra 75874 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race The rest of Speed Champions line still available to order: (I thought this compression of all data could be welcome and beneficial to all - even it these are not yet retired. This just doesnt take so much space in the thread and many might find this comprised info beneficial - p.s. sorry for "breaking the rules".. ) 78575 Ford F-150 Raptor & Ford Model A Hot Rod (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GER FR IT US 75870 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GER FR IT US 75871 Ford Mustang GT (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GE FR IT US 75872 Audi R18 e-tron quattro (rel. 01.03.2016) - available US 75873 Audi R8 LMS ultra (rel. 01.03.2016) - available US 75874 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race (rel. 01.03.2016) - available US 75876 Porsche 919 Hybrid and 917K Pit Lane (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GER FR IT US 75877 Mercedes-AMG GT3 (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75878 Bugatti Chiron (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75879 Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75880 McLaren 720S (rel. 02.03.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75881 2016 Ford GT & 1966 Ford GT40 (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75882 Ferrari FXX K & Development Center (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75883 Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US

The Carrot Mech by Chris McVeigh, on Flickr

Mecha Mouse & Ducktank by Julius von Brunk, on Flickr

without sacrifice there can be no victory ..... you sir are a knight

Right. When TRU starts begging, I will be happy to oblige

Dropshipper. Money is money.

While others are selling at <£40.

Thanks for that one,but on reflection I think I would rather stick my baby maker in a meat grinder. But will suit someone I am sure.

Why would that tempt you? It's #31 on the Amazon best sellers in building toys and no longer on the overall top 100 toys list. I don't think this will be hot again until RI 3.0

71016 Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart tagged on Czech e-shop as "retiring soon"

Yes, most likely a dropshipper. I've always wondered what one of these buyers would do if their buyer wanted to do a return. Would they try and return to the original seller or just eat it. Some of their feedback numbers are pretty high so I can imagine the volume being large enough that it's not worth trying to sort that out.

I had often thought of buying up hundreds of Big Ben's (even though the clock face could really have been done much better) and pitching up a seasonal stand on Westminster Bridge. £50 a pop to a passing tourist would be much better value than loosing the same to the dodgy Romanian mafia types fleecing passing punters with the shell game. ?

I just don't think there is anywhere near enough detail in the skyline sets. I just find them unattractive. Just look at 1 World Trade Center in the NY skyline.

Any early birds might want to consider buying The Wither at Asda (21126) for £20. Already selling for £35+ on ebay. Got mine but still 4 left as I type...

I bought one online and one in store on my account and I tried to get the second one transferred to my wife's account and CS wouldn't do it.

Non-LEGO topic: Check your Freecash offers, I had a $15 on $20 Clothing one, which I used to buy my son a Fleece Puffer Vest (60% off for exactly $20). Offer base showed this as well: Didn't get the points awarded yet, but assume this holds. Doesn't mention clothing, but offer doesn't show when I try to buy a $20+ tool, so might only work on Clothing.

Looks like your inactivity caused them to drop the gate on you. Read back through this thread around September 2016 timeframe (IIRC) and a few others worked through the issue and were able to restore their ability to sell Lego.

its not too hard to fool yourself into thinking you have it all figured out. look and see what recent sets on amazon are frequently going to 3rd party seller only. look to see if other retailers have said item available for online ordering and check in store stock levels. look to see if its limit 20 or limit 50 in europe. then watch (for weeks) to see what happens to stock levels on amazon and other retailers to see if they get restocked or if levels continue to dry up. i wouldn't want to give out specific advice on buying a long shot retirement and then have it not retire . meanwhile 10811 Duplo Backhoe Loader has gone call to check - c'mon Duplo Big Money.

what about the rest of us less observing commoners ?

I had it both ways from Rak. Two orders were updated on the site as TRU shipped them out. The other just showed up as you described, but I've also had that happen when I've ordered straight from TRU. They also shorted me one item. I contacted TRU through Rak's site and got no response so I contacted Rak directly. Rak got a refund for the one item that didn't ship, everything is copacetic...and just now I got another email refunding me for the whole order. Rak is whack.

Thanks to @exciter1 and his recent post on the matter, I couldn't leave these two previously labeled turds on the shelf for 10% off... Going for $150 each on Amazon right now...

to be fair to him.

when nobody cares about 20% off an exclusive set.

Ferris wheel @walmart 160.00

So, now T1 can retire. Lego cannot permit two campers on the shelves.

Here’s my Winter Village Display this year - enjoy!

Welcome! (if i can really say that, you've been around longer than me :P).

2nd 7744 Built Mirrored Joined

I've already three of those from recent launch and Guard with Stormtrooper with pauldron are the best. I very much like the way Lego managed to work with gravity to put some weight on the plasticy pauldron to simulate this part as more like "flex accessory" rather than "fixed part". It's wobbling when you move him plus helmet is fantastic and much better shaped than those from TFA which are tad too narrow. So as far as I can tell Praetorian 75529>Stormtrooper 75531>Stormtrooper Pilot 75526 Chewie and Rey are out of my radar since I consider them as hideous.

Yes, 2x s....

I agree, I like them, well half of them. I will only buy and build non-human ones because non-humans are fake, thus our imagination finds it easier to be adjusted and like how it looks, where the human ones don't work as well due to us trying to see an actual Human in it and it looks too fake. Just my opinion. I have built Phasma, Vader, GG, Stormtrooper, and K-2SO and find each one pretty damn neat. I enjoy putting them behind other Lego builds to fill the entire space and not just what sits on the shelf. Imagine this picture with a MF, X-wing, custom tie in front with a few buildables behind it without overcrowding. It's a great presentation. Also, my kids love the buildables a ton because they can move all the parts and more parts more freely, grab two in their hands and crash them together, etc...